From The Grimm Brothers, to Disney, to Tim Burton.
The modern preacher of fairy tales has transcended traditional portrayals of folklore.
Alice In Wonderland, originally created by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in 1862 has been adapted numerous times over the decades, currently being re-mastered by Tim Burton.
We all know Mr.Burton as the curious figure who brought us A Nightmare Before Christmas and now the well anticipated Alice In Wonderland is soon to be released.
Lewis Carroll took Dodgson's idea of a young girl falling into a rabit hole and made it into a classic piece of children's literature. I just finished reading the book and I am dying to see Burton's adaptation.
Many works of literature have been re-shaped by various artistic geniuses, for example Jane Yolen's version of Sleeping Beauty which follows a girl's journey in discovering her grandmother's past during the Holocaust.
The fairy tales that we all know have been around for a very long time and I look forward to seeing how our creative minds in this generation perceive such traditional folklore.
As a huge Tim Burton fan, I'm excited for this movie to come out. The psychedelic trip of Alice is a perfect choice for Tim Burton. However, whenever one of his movies comes out...I end up comparing it to A Nightmare Before Christmas and nothing quite measures up. Alas, poor Tim Burton: doomed from peaking so early in his career...
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